LEXAPRO Reviews (ESCITALOPRAM OXALATE)Average Rating: 3.2 (2093 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare LEXAPRO with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR LEXAPRO | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 4 | dep ression and anxiety | For me side effects were a little hyper, but has helped with depression and anxiety; no sexual side effects, in fact makes my sexual appetite greater. Was on Zoloft which took my sexual desire completely away. Also helps me with my weight; have actually lost 50 lbs on Lexapro | I was going throug a terrible dark period from a very painful breakup; but has helped me feel positive again and want to get back into life. Has positve effect on my desire to take care of myself and be happy again...from the first 10 mg. dosage. I have no effect of lethargy. I want to exercise and eat well and have lots of energy. In fact I think it makes me much more sexual. So not going to try anything else. Also, when on Zoloft I gained weight and it interferred with my thyroid medication. It also has helped with my IBS. I need to be on it for a while until I feel I have better control of my emotions. | M | 3 days | 7/22/2006 | 4 | Depression, Anxiety, OCD | Loss of appetite, Weight loss(20 pounds). | Began taking Paxil 5 years ago, switched to Lexapro due to weight gain. Lexapro has been great! I lost 20 pounds in 8 weeks! | F | 23 | 10 weeks | 7/22/2006 | 4 | depression, anxiety, panic attacks | Severe insomnia first week, almost constant nausea, migraines, intense panic first couple nights...all subsided within a week. | Lexapro has helped me immensely. I'm no longer worrying about the next time I'm going to get depressed or have a panic attack. I feel like I finally know what it's like to be normal, and I'm so happy. I really feel like I've taken control of my life again. I resisted taking this medicine at first, but decided it was for the best when my depression and anxiety started getting in the way of my functioning normally. I still don't like being on medicine, but I can't deny how much it has helped me. | F | 19 | 31 days | 7/17/2006 | 4 | Anxiety, PTSD | night sweats, nightmares, sleepy | This medication helped me get my anxiety and such under control, but I had persistent site effects that ended up contributing to my decision to switch to something else. I would sweat through shirts every night no matter if it was cold or hot (I don't normally sweat much), and I had very vivid dreams, often nightmares which were made worse by how vivid they were. Going onto the medication was not easy, and taking it in the evening kept me up very long, so it is important to take it earlier in the day. Having said that, it did help me quite a bit. | F | 23 | 7 months | 7/7/2006 | 4 | Depression/Anxiety | Delayed ejaculation, weight gain, warm (not hot) all the time | This is the Cadillac of SSRIs as far as I'm concerned. The delayed ejaculation went away, though the interest in sex isn't quite what it used to be. Then again, I am 43, and so is the wife! I think I needed it all my life. I no longer have uncontrolled anger and I am calm, even when life gets tough or the days aren't so great. I can always find optimism, something I never was able to do my entire life. It's an A-1 Godsend. I'm on 20mg a day, taken before bed. I sleep like a baby and awake ready for the day. I do worry at times about the ability to ever come off this drug. Doc cut my dosage in half for a month and I started getting a little edgy. But at 20 mg, I'm great. | M | 43 | 2 years | 7/6/2006 | 4 | Anxiety | Decreased sex drive, fatigue, runny nose, sleepiness, sweating, abnormal dreaming, lack of concentration, lack of energy & heavier than usual menstrual cramping | I finally had the guts to go to the doctor to explain my anxiety problems. I gradually built a wall around myself and avoided all contact with anyone, but family. I could not carry on a conversation with acquaintances or coworkers w/o grasping for words and literally blushing. I became introverted, extremely self-conscious and constantly experienced waves of nervousness. My anxiety was irrational, but uncontrollable. I had never heard of Lexapro before it was prescribed for me. I've been taking 10mg a day for a little over 2 months and had not noticed any positive changes in my moods or behavior until very recently. For about 6 weeks I did not experience any positive symptoms, only the many side effects that I have described. It was frustrating, but I knew that I had to be patient. Gradually, I have felt more calm and satisfied, but not numb. My husband says my moods have stabilized and I seem more relaxed. It also seems as though I don't analyze every detail of every instance like | F | 32 | 2 months | 7/6/2006 | 4 | Anxiety | First 2 weeks were rough, had a lot of fatique. Had extremely difficult time reaching orgasm. These side effects have reduced substantially (90% or more) over several months. | This drug is one of the best on the market (and safest). It has really helped my anxiety greatly. I am very pleased. | M | 35 | 4 months | 7/1/2006 | 4 | Depression/Anxiety | Weight gain, hard to lose weight, significant loss of interest in sex, headaches, increase in appetite, restless sleep, tried once to quit cold turkey DO NOT DO THIS. I felt like I was dying for 7 days. | I've been on Lexapro now for almost 2 years. Once I tried to quit thinking I didn't need it. Big mistake. I'll never try that again. I had the worst migraine headache ever that didn't stop or let up for a week; cold sweats; shocks, etc. I do feel that it has significantly helped with depression and anxiety. I feel "level" I don't go low but I never reach a high either. I miss the highs but I am less argumentative, emotional, etc. Overall it's 50/50 for me. Biggest complaint is the weight gain. | F | 31 | 2 years | 6/11/2006 | 4 | depression | I have been on Lexapro for over 3 years, I try to get off and have unusual side effects, does any one wish to comment about this? | Withdrawal symptoms: dizzyness, cry a lot, loss of self worth, feeling of desperation. | F | 42 | 3 years | 5/16/2006 | 4 | Depression | Total loss of sex drive, weight gain. | Lexapro is honestly the BEST SSRI I have ever taken the only problem is, After a year of taking Lexapro I have noticed that I have no sex drive and I am gaining a lot of weight. | F | 21 | 1 years | 5/12/2006 | 4 | Depression, anxiety, panic attacks | Began sinking deeper into depression with major depressive disorder symptoms including vague hallucinations, insomnia (woke up EVERY SINGLE NIGHT for the first 5 weeks at 3:30am exactly). Dr said in some people things can get worse before they get better and body adjusts to medicine. Also a lot of sweating for no reason, I just sweat all the time. Lost a lot of weight during adjustment period - about 20 pounds. Lack of saliva and lack of appetite. Feelings of detachment, as if I was watching myself go through routine motions. Intense paranoia. No interest in sex at all. | Having gone through this before with Zoloft, I was hoping to avoid it with Lexapro. unfortunately this was not the case. I can not say with 100% certainty that some of these symptoms were not depression induced rather than side effects of the medication. I can say that after about 6 weeks, everything corrected and I feel great now. The only persistent side effect is lack of sex drive, but compared to the mental side effects I can deal with it. I must say that I wonder if seratonin imbalance was truly the problem as my symptoms (side effects) kind of resembled hyper-seratonin. Perhaps my problem was a dopamine issue and not seratonin? Either way, I feel much better now. | M | 33 | 8 months | 5/2/2006 | 4 | depression and anxiety | First few weeks were very rough. I had muscle aches, sweating, depersonalization, and even more anxiety, even on 5 mg. After a while, shrink switched me to 10 mg which made me get bad thoughts. Now I am back to 5 mg, calmer, but cannot concentrate on my master's degree, which is the only drawback. Oh yes, do not take claritin with this medicine: I took it for allergies with my doctor recommending it, and had chest pains and my hands hurt. | F | 43 | 7 months | 4/27/2006 | 4 | Depression | I was started on 10mg Lexapro and experienced hot flashes and excessive sweating and a bad odor to my urine. A few months later, I experienced some disorientation to time/place, chills, poor cold tolerance,dry skin,and palpitations with sensation of atrial tachycardia although the bad odor and excessive sweating decreased. How good is QA of dose per pill? When the dose was increased to 20mg, I experienced gastoparesis, nausea, vomiting, belching, bloating, headache, back/shoulder pain, nasal congestion, intolerance of food smells, early satiety,fatigue, more vivid dreams. DC'd med per MD after 2 doses, but after 4 days off, symptoms still have not completely resolved. | Has helped with depression and has few interactions with other meds or with foods. How good is the QA? How well is it metabolized by persons whose livers can't tolerate statins and who metabolize alcohol very slowly? | F | 52 | 6 months | 4/23/2006 | 4 | Anxiety/Depression | Lots of tiredness...I was prescribed 10mg a day but since day 3 I have been cutting it in half and just taking 5mg a day. This seems to work pretty good for me. Been having a ton of sleeping problems though which I have to use Ambien for. Other side effects with Lexapro have been dry mouth and night sweats. Light headaches here and there as well. | F | 34 | 3 weeks | 4/9/2006 | 4 | Depression | Fatigue for a week or so. | Prior to Lexapro I was on prozac for a couple years. I didn't get the initial "high" I experienced on Prozac or the hyperness. (Neither drug caused a loss of libido). But it does work to keep me balanced and I am on lowest dose. The problem with the Prozac is that I needed to keep increasing the dose, so after about 6 months on Prozac it wasn't working as well. I increased the dose but after two years it was obvious I would need to increase again. So far it has been almost a year on Lexapro and no problems. It does the job and I haven't needed an increase. | F | 28 | 1 years | 3/31/2006 | 4 | depression, GAD | sweating, night sweats | For the first 2 months I had absolutely no sex drive but it gradually returned and is back with full force. I am in control of my feelings and I deal with obstacles much better than I can ever remember. Sweating is definitely a problem but wearing layers and carrying around a cold bottle of water keeps it in check. | F | 21 | 4 months | 2/27/2006 | 4 | Anxiety/Depression/OCD | First 2 weeks-nausea in the morning(to the point of vomiting), bluured vision, night sweats, weight loss, teeth clenching. All went away except the teeth clenching (which is mild) | Started at 10mg, started working right away for the anxiety, but nothing for depression. Went to 15mg-nothing, 20mg-some effect on depression, now on 25mg and depression is almost gone. Thinking about going to 30mg since I have OCD, which requires higher dosages. Family and friends have noticed a great improvement and me too. So far so good!!!! | F | 26 | 6 weeks | 2/20/2006 | 4 | Anxiety - Depression? | First week had headaches, and some teeth grinding or tightness in jaw, felt a little bit spacy. 2nd week no headaches, feeling much more "normal". | My condition relates to marital problems, brought on by my own infidelity. Was totally stressed, couldn't sleep, couldn't concentrate at work, couldn't get the "other woman" off my mind, etc. Physical symptoms included sweaty palms and feet, heart nightly palpitations, constantly fatigued. Not sure I was really clinically depressed, but sure was anxious...the slightest issue could manifest itself in negative ways in my mind. I went on Lexapro (only 5 mg) reluctantly and I have to say it was a great decision. Its taken the edge off just enough to help me deal with things a bit more practically. I was very concerned about sexual side effects...so far its a good and bad scenario...I've had NO libido issues, in fact I think I'm more frisky than before and erection quality is amazing, but I do think I'm experiencing delayed ejaculation...it takes me a very long time to "get there". | M | 44 | 4 weeks | 2/17/2006 | 4 | depression | Severe night sweats | Helped with depression after postpartum but I am considering trying to stop due to severe night sweats & cost of Lexapro. | F | 37 | 2 years | 2/6/2006 | 4 | depression/anxiety | Spaced out, insomnia, forgetful. | I have only been on Lexapro for a couple of months, but I feel it is a good drug. I feel like I have a second wind. It was very rough the first week or two. I felt really wierd, and could not sleep. My doc insisted that I continue, but to take a little bit of xanax in the a.m. with the lexapro, and a litte more at night to get to sleep. That made all the difference. I do not feel tired after 10mg lexapro & .25 mg xanax. All that wierd stuff went away, but my forgetfulness is still here (did I feed the fish? What did I come to the kitchen for?). Lexapro has pulled my butt out of a slump! | M | 37 | 9 weeks | 1/28/2006 |